[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: "Official Religion in the Middle East: Political Opportunities and Constraints”, Orient-Institut Beirut, Lebanon, 13-19 September 2010

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International Summer School for Doctoral and Post-doctoral Students:
“Official Religion in the Middle East: Political Opportunities and
Constraints”, Orient-Institut Beirut, Lebanon, 13-19 September 2010

The summer school will explore the political behaviour of official religious
actors in different political systems of the Middle East with a focus on
Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. It aims at reaching three main scientific
goals:
(1) a stock-taking and analysis of the political repertoires of religious
actors that operate from within the legal and semi-legal framework of their
respective countries;
(2) a comparative assessment of the impact of regime structures and
government policies on the political behaviour of these actors, and
(3) an assessment of the contribution of official religious actors to issues
negotiated in the political arenas of their respective societies. On the
level of academic cooperation, the summer school aims at helping to
establish an international and interdisciplinary network of researchers
working on this important, but hitherto rather neglected topic.

The summer school will bring together 15 postgraduate students (5 from
Germany, 5 from other European countries, 5 from Middle Eastern countries)
to be taught during seven working days in Beirut by a faculty of, all in
all, 15 university professors and religious practitioners from four
countries (Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey).

Teaching in Beirut will take place via a daily combination of four types of
classes: reading seminars (devoted to important source texts and theoretical
issues); lectures (devoted to a longer presentation of a faculty member,
followed by a questions-and-answers block); round-table talks with
reli-gious practitioners; and student workshops (devoted to the presentation
and discussion of the stu-dents’ individual research projects).

Effective travel costs of successful applicants will be reimbursed up to a
maximum of 1.000 EUR per person. In addition, the program will provide
accommodation (7 nights) and meals in Beirut for the duration of the summer
school.

The Summer School is open to applications from postgraduate students (PhD
students as well as Post-Doc students) from European and Middle Eastern
countries with research projects from all fields of the humanities and the
social sciences that are related to Middle Eastern Studies and have a
special focus on religion and politics.  Good acquaintance with regional
languages will be considered as an asset.  Applicants should be fluent in
English and have at least a passive knowledge of French.

Applications should be sent to oibsummerschool at oidmg.org. Deadline for
applications is June 20, 2010.

Contact: Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Orient-Institut Beirut, scheffler at oidmg.org.

Further details: http://www.orient-institut.org.
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